Holder for pens, pencils, and the like.



No. 836,652. PATENTED NOV. 20, 1906. N. P. ROSDAHL.

HOLDER FOR PENS, PENOILS, AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED MAB.23,1906.

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NILS PETER ROSDAHL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HOLDER FOR PENS, PENClLS, AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 20, 1906.

Application filed March 23, 1906. Serial No. 307,722.

To (1, LII/I/O'IH/ it Uta/y concur/1 Be it known that I, NILs PETER RosDAnL, a subject of the King of Sweden, residing at New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Pens, Pencils, and the Like, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof.

My invention has relation to holders intended to be employed by Writers for holding pens, pencils, or other similar small marking points or implements, and has for its object the production of a simple and efficient form of pen or analogous holder which will accurately fit the hand and which may be securely held by the thumb and finger and hand Without effort and which will enable the user to employ the marking-point in the holder to accomplish the work intended, moving the holder and therefore the marking-point entirely by motions of the Wrist and arm independently of any separate movements of the thumb or finger.

As will be understood from the following description of the device and the manner of using it, the improved holder is mainly intended to be used by persons whose hand may have become injured or cramped, so that the thumb and fingers cannot be relied upon, or by others who may prefer to perform the work entirely by movements of the arm or wrist.

The object of the invention is to provide or produce a simple, cheap, and efficient holder of the kind above indicated which when in place between the thumb and finger and bearing upon the hand will be firmly, easily, and properly held without sensible use of the muscles of the thumb and finger and which will compel the marking-point always to move in accordance with the movements of the wrist and arm.

To accomplish the foregoing object and to secure other and further advantages in the matters of construction, operation, and use, my invention involves a new and useful form of holder involving peculiar and particular features of construction, as will be herein first fully described and then pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, I have shown my improved holder as supplied with an ordinary pen-point for writing with ink; but it will be understood that this pen-point may be replaced by any other analogous small. marking-point, such as a pencil, &c.

Figure 1 is a side view showing the holder in the position which it occupies when ap plied in a hand for use. Fig. 2 is a side view of the holder, and Fig. 3 a corresponding top or plan view.

The holder is preferably made of wood, or it may be made of any other light material capable of being shaped in the manner required and suitable for the purposes of a holder of this character.

A represents any ordinary form of socket Which is suitable for receiving and holding the marking-point in the end of the holder, B representing a pen which is secured to the end of the holder by being introduced in the socket.

C is a short, plain, or cylindrical portion of the holder next adjacent to the socket, and this may afford a convenient rest for the extremity of the forefinger of the hand. The remainder of the holder is carved or otherwise fashioned so as to fit quite perfectly between the thumb and forefinger of a persons hand and to extend beyond the upper portion of the thumb and bent so as to conform to the contour of the hand and fit upon and slightly over the part of the hand between the knuckle of the forefinger and the juncture of the thumb with thehand.

D represents the portion within which the end of the thumb fits and rests, and this portion (which forms a shoulder) bearing upon the end of the thumb helps to prevent the holder from slipping when the hand is being forced forward. The cut-away portion D joins with the succeeding portion E, the latter conforming to the upper and interior part of the thumb.

The part F fits snugly upon and against the fleshy portion of the hand back of the knuckle of the forefinger, and the end G is bent so as to reach slightly over and bear upon the top of the hand. When the holder is in place, the thumb naturally crowds the parts F and G against the hand, so that they hold snugly, and any backward movement of the hand will therefore cause the holder to IIO The portions E and F are in the shape of reversed curves to make them conform accurately to the contour of the hand at the parts against which the holder is made to rest.

The bent or curved portions of the holder are made comparatively wide and thin, as shown in the drawings, for the purpose of preventing the holder from turning or twisting while in place in the hand, and the upper edge of the part F is curved downwardly, so as to fit snugly and easily around and under the part of the hand adjacent to the'knuckle of the first finger.

The improved holder may be employed without fatigue of the thumb and finger, enabling the work to be accomplished entirely by bodily movement of the hand and without reference to the flexibility or inflexibility of the thumb and finger, and it will be found to admirably answer all the purposes or objects of the invention hereinb efore alluded to.

In the ordinary forms of holders having straight or substantially straight stems or shafts the marking-point cannot be immovably held with respect to the hand without muscular effort through the thumb and finger, and therefore such holders are in no way adapted to serve the purposes of my invention, whereby the holder is maintained with out such effort.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new herein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The herein-described holder, comprising a socket for receiving the marking-point and a stem having a plain portion upon which the end of the forefinger may rest, and reverselycurved flattened portions to receive the end of the thumb and the part of the hand between the thumb and knuckle of the forefinger and affording shoulders for the end of the thumb and the back of the hand, substantially as shown and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

NILS PETER ROSDAHL.

Witnesses:

C. SEDGwIoK, J. M. HOWARD. 

